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Merry Christmas!

Hello, hello!

Paul here.  A very merry Christmas to you all! Only a couple more days to go now! I'm off back to the family home for a few days, so here's a few shots I just completed. Th...

Autographed Prints Shipped

If double prints weren't already a treat, Otaking hand signed every batch that went out this round. May they find a comfy spot above the mantelpiece.

- Producer Maki

Gratuitous Spaceship Detailing - Scene9 Shot0

Hello, hello!

Here's an establishing shot from the last quarter of the film. One thing I've always enjoyed (to an unhealthy degree) is putting loads of tiny details on ships, buildings, struc...

Official Taito Switch Cover Art

Hello all, and a merry approaching Christmas to you all! Can you feel the festive energy in the air? We already have the tree up here.

I took a moment back in June to do a poster for Taito's ...

Double Postcards: Delivery Day

Hello all,

There is a feast coming up in Murica, one of thanks with a side of giving. As personal appreciation of each of you, we are posting double art work! Oh, and delivering double print...

Always wear a helmet - Monday Scene7 Shot12

I've been watching Zeta Gundam for helmet visor shading reference. I also realised that many of my shots looked a little flat and were missing that 80s-90s variable line width, so I've been adding ...

Layer Upon Layer - Monday Scene7 Shot10

How many more layers can she fit???
Space is cold though, to be fair. I hope you, too are remaining warm as the nights draw in and the shadows lengthen!

-Paul

Putting more stuff on - Monday Scene7 Shot11

She's still suiting up. It'll be longer than a Sailor Moon transformation sequence at this rate!

I hope you all had a pleasant and sugar filled Halloween! I saw The Thing (1982) on a big cine...

Chill Renders To Study To (long version)

Well well!

I'm working on some complete key scenes at the moment on the Monday film,  I don't want to ruin it for you, so I thought I'd post some of the stuff that went into making the 3...

Putting it on - Monday Scene7 Shot9

Ah yesss, prepare to have your expectations subverted!
Maybe you too should put on some extra layers.

Well, if you're in space or the Northern hemisphere. Brr~

- Producer Maki 2022-10-20 06:51:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Elite Anime OVA Watch List ('85-2000)

The list of all the things you must watch, here it is! I am humbled how you all keep me going on this animation expedition, so between my weekly posts I wanted to share some of the best retro OVAs ...

My #1 Asked Question

I've been asked many times, "Otaking, what anime should I watch?" or "What is your favorite anime?" I think I've devised a way to answer both at once!

During downtime working on Monday I've ...

Taking it off! - Monday Scene7 Shot8

Nothing too racy though, thankfully.
I can honestly say I've never animated someone taking off a belt before now!

-Paul

Drama shading - Monday Scene7 Shot6

Hello, all!

So, I normally just shade light coming from the left or right, but this time I wanted to try light from just in front and above our character and try showing how it could fall on ...

In Color Things - Monday Scene7 Shot3

We're still in the cargo bay! Only this time Ashlin has an advantage - colour and shading.

The two basic elements of life.

-Paul

Things! - Monday Scene7 Shot3

You know your Monday is going poorly when there are things in the cargo bay!
Just the shading for this shot so far. Colours will go on next!

-Paul

Freaking out - Monday Scene7 Shot1 to Scene7 Shot2

Sometimes, technology just isn't that helpful, I guess.
Anyway, I'm crunching ahead at dog racing speeds! Go ~~~~ !

-Paul

Looking up - Monday Scene7 Shot1

Another quick shot complete. You wouldn't think something so quick would take several days to do!

Anyway, onwards!

-Paul

Stealth look! - Monday Scene6 Shot13

A quick shot I just coloured. This one actually only took 12 hours to colour, I believe.
We are powering ahead! On to the next one!

-Paul

Falling Over - Monday Scene6 Shot11 and 12

This one was a bit tricky to do! And as we all know, if you have to animate a difficult action like someone falling over, why not do it on 1s at 24 frames per second?

Anyway, crunching ahead ...

BG Animation - Lines to Finish

Hello! 

Just a quick one today - it's the looping background for a run animation I'm doing.
Maki is just helping to fix up some of the anatomy, and I'll have that inked and shaded and...

Spooked! - Monday Scene6 Shot5

Hello! Just a face shot I've been working on, trying to get those super close-up details from 80s classics like Iczer One. Once again Maki has fixed up the expression along with defining the shadin...

Boots - Monday Scene3 Shot13 to Scene4 Shot1

Hello all!

Here's a closeup of Ashlin walking by that I posted the flat inked version of ages ago. I actually quite like the background on this one! Some steam will help sell the ambiance. - ...

Intruder - Monday Scene5 Shot9 to Scene6 Shot4

Surprise guests are always scary!

I might add more layers of parallax scrolling to the corridor pan shot, as I do love parallax scrolling. By the way, Producer Maki mostly directed the second...

The Sacs Preview - Scene 5 Shot 4-9

Hello, hello!

Pretty much the entire film is now inked and all the backgrounds are painted. There's  good progress on colouring and shading as you can see how it's coming along. It's exc...

Cargo Bay - Monday Scene5 Shot2 (completed)

Good afternoon!

I just finished this shot, so here it is. Take a look!
It's the Queen's jubilee thing here in the UK and there's a big food festival going on in town, but my sleep pattern ...

Walking Out - Monday Scene3 Shot13 (completed)

Hello again!

Here's one of the more time-consuming shots in the film. Background animation is one of my favourite things to see in old anime, but it very tricky to pull off myself! And of cou...

Eating breakfast - Monday Scene3 Shot6-Shot8 (completed)

Hello, all!

Sorry for the lack of update last week - I moved house! It's taken a week to do all the moving and clean up the old place so the landlord doesn't take my deposit, but I'm finally ...

Steamy space soup - Monday Scene3_6 (finished)

Hello, all!

Finally got this shot completed - now with shading and STEAM. I think it's a kind of chicken soup she's eating....
You can see Maki's anatomy and proportion fixup notes on some...

Kitchen walk - Monday Scene3 Shot5 (completed)

Well well!

Here's a completed shot. The infuriating thing with this one is the hours spent drawing and shading the legs and adding a shadow to the floor and then noticing that it's covered up...